Job Title: International Finance Manager – Operations & Policy
Reports to: Deputy Finance Director
Terms: Permanent, Full time, 50% Hybrid role
Location: Head Office, Dublin 2
Salary: GB 8: €80,184 - €89,094
Requirements: Occasional travel to country programs as required
Role Purpose: The International Finance Manager is a member of the international finance team, will support the Deputy Finance Director (DFD) to maintain, to a high standard, the financial systems in Concern's overseas country programmes.
This role is primarily focus on supporting the budget process for our overseas programmes, review exiting financial policy and procedures and take initiative to update where improvement is necessary.
Also ensuring that Roving and Surge Accountants are deployed timely where the support required.
Responsibilities
Overseas Budgeting
Assisting the Deputy Finance Director to develop budget guidelines and timetables specific to each budget cycle/revision.
Communicating all budget related information to all country programmes.
Coordinating the review process of all country programme budget packs and providing feedback on the same.
Consolidating all budgets for review by the Deputy Finance Director.
Analysing the budget and preparing the required schedules as directed by the Deputy Finance Manager.
Updating/improving budget templates as necessary to improve the budgeting process.
Overseas Financial Procedures in conjunction with the International Reporting Accountant
Developing and updating financial policies and procedures, related to our overseas programmes.
Responsibility for the updating the Overseas Finance Manuals on a regular basis.
Part of this work will involve reviewing sections related to financial systems & procedures where improvements is necessary.
Development of guidance documents/standard operating procedures, related to overseas activities (of a financial nature), as needed.
The key focus of such documents being to improve the internal control environment.
Support the regional finance team with the development of country specific finance manuals.Review draft donor guidelines developed by the Grant Compliance Unit, consult with IFT team, and provide feedback on it.
Recruitment and Training
Being the key person on the International Finance Team for recruiting, inducting and providing ongoing training to our Country Financial Controllers (CFCs), Roving Accountants and SURGE Accountants.
Assisting in the short-listing, assessment and interviewing of candidates for international/roving finance roles.
Managing the weeklong finance induction for the new recruits.
Reviewing and updating the finance induction materials/ process for the new recruits.
Developing training materials for country programme finance staff.
Developing and organising online training sessions for staff.
Management of the bi-annual CFC conference.
Organise and run a finance induction for non-finance staff (in IPD and in our Country Management Teams).
Liaison with International Programme Directorate (IPD)
Strengthen the relationship between International Finance and the Regional Directors, identifying priorities for improvement and alignment.
Act as the finance focal point in organisational initiatives related to localization and partnership.
- Develop partnership related financial policy and procedures including develop partners assessment tool and different monitoring mechanism for various types of partners (National and local civil society and private sector organisations etc.) Also organise training and webinar session to build up the capacity of field finance team on this policy and procedures.
As a finance focal person in partnership group develop different type of analytical report to meet requirements of different stake holders.
Year End Support
Manage certain tasks related to the year-end process – these include:
Reviewing and providing feedback on key schedules submitted by our overseas programmes – these include the Regulatory Questionnaire, Lease details, Fixed Assets register, YE Balance sheet forms, Bank Details, Donations in Kind (DIK) etc.
) and feedback on them.
Consolidating and reviewing the Cessation Benefit (CB) and year end Current Assets & Current Liabilities (CA/CL) report produced by the regional accountants and feedback on them
Assist the Finance Director to carry out testing CA/CL sampling at year-end.
Finalise the CB and CA/CL report for annual audit.
Review draft country programme audit reports and management letters and feedback on them.
Assist in finalisation of the year end accounts (CA/CL adjustment journal, Partnership and DIK notes).
Management of Roving/Surge Accountants
Manage and provide technical support to Roving and Surge accountants.
Work with the Deputy Finance Director, and with our international programme's directorate, to decide on where the accountants need to be deployed.
Work with the country management team to develop and agree the ToR for country programme deployment.
Review country programme deployment report and if any issues identified work with regional finance team to resolve it.
Other Tasks
Provide technical / setup support when Concern enters a new country of operation.
Review certain requests from the country finance teams prior to forwarding them to the Deputy Finance Director for approval.
Provide cover for regional accountants and the International Finance Manager - Reporting as needs arise.
Ad hoc analytical work.
Carry out other tasks as appropriate under the direction of the Deputy Finance Director.
All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern's values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos.
All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.
Essential Qualifications
A recognised professional qualification in accountancy.
Experience of finance and accounting in the not-for-profit sector.
Extensive experience of managing professional staff.
Fluent spoken and written English and ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
Strong IT skills.
Desirable Qualifications
International experience in a developing country.
We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become part of the organisation.
Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.
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